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OFF ROAD SWITCH - the position in UK law I hadn't seen this thread earlier or I'd have joined in. There is no UK law which specifically states that an off road switch incorporated in a pedelec is illegal. There is no UK law specifically stating a pedelec rider cannot use an off road switch...

I'd probably be struggling to defend whatever you did. In that same year the 1861 Locomotive Act restricted all vehicles to 10 mph maximum, which doesn't leave much room for tolerance. .

Administrator Russell Scott has now done that. .

You or others may be interested in the background to that 1835 act. In 1826, Cornish mining engineer Richard Trevithick used one of his mine's steam pumping engines to power a road going vehicle, and with several of his mates on board drove to the next village, on what was almost certainly the...

I've been asked for the following clarifications in another thread, so am answering below all the questions: Although these laws do not apply to kits, there isn't anything in writing to say that they are ok either? Why do kits still need to conform to the 250W power limit and speed cut off...

Answer transferred to Pedelecs Law - The Details .

There is no law for kits, the 1983 EAPC regulations as amended 6th April 2015 applies only to manufactured pedelecs. Therefore the suppliers and users of kits operate in a legal vacuum. Scroll down to KIT MOTORS in the link below of my legal advice thread: Pedelec Law - the Details .

On all bikes, assisted or not, a major factor in wheel size choice is gearing, especially with derailleur gears. The smaller the rear wheel, the more difficult it becomes to achieve high enough top gears to avoid spinning out when pedalling, due to the restraints on rear sprocket and chainwheel...

And in the 20th and 21st century! Shaft drive bikes had a revival in th 1990s and member KirstinS has a shaft drive bike with hub gears and a front wheel motor.

We e-bikers have Ghost Pedallers who fool their PAS. Ghost Pedlars would be travelling suppliers of some spiritualist services, but if healing haunted homes, a repair service, they would be Ghost Tinkers. .

Copy and paste, then post it yourself. When challenged, put on your best innocent air and quote the disarming "Great minds think alike". ;) .

And not just drugs, everything and anything: Pedlar: One who sells by travelling to selling locations. Peddle: The function of selling during travel for that purpose. Peddling: The action of selling during travel for that purpose. Pedal: A mechanical component used to transmit a command...

Green Number Plates for Electric Cars The UK Government has confirmed that green number plates are set to be rolled out from autumn as part of a wider plan to promote low emission transport and drive a green economic recovery following the economic impacts of covid-19. This matches similar...

Actually not true. They took the correct English spelling with them when they sailed to the new world - - - then with one honourable expection kept it. The clue as to the identity of that exception is in the last phrase. The bastardisation was by us since and is in our current version of...

Untrue again, the only death was the perpetrator shot dead. Six stabbed people are in hospital with critical but not life threatening injuries. You seem to like to give me tips on how to live, but here's one for you. Don't read newspapers, they'll only mislead you. .

Not blinkered at all, I've been ahead of this game from long ago. I'm aware of a number of future tracking possibilities and will continue to defeat them as they arrive for as long as I last. Given my living circumstances I'm unlikely to find that challenging within a decade and I'll be dead...

I often don't have one of those. A fungi hunt I was conducting for the public last November took precisely two hours to cover one mile, containing over 40 stops. And being in woodland a drone couldn't track me and a heat sensing camera wouldn't help with almost thirty of us creating a large...

Most people, not all. I never carry a mobile phone when out walking and much of my time is spent where there's no CCTV either. The emergency mobile in my car is always switched off and I hit the "Don't Send" button on the dash with every drive in the e-car. .

Malcolm Kendrick is notorious for spreading conspiracy theories, for example his book insisting cholestereol being a threat is a huge con. Snag is it containes serious errors in omitting some very relevant data, only becoming apparent late in the book. Having read it I wouldn't trust any story...